We All Live in America: Difference between revisions

Line 21:

* ''[[Kaleido Star]]'' does this a couple times. It takes place in America, but the characters who are supposed to be non-Japanese occasionally do Japanese things, like bowing. One of Sora's friends, Mia, uses the Japanese gesture for "come here" (the maneki neko paw gesture), in an episode of ''Kaleido Star New Wings'', but it may not count since she was signaling Sora.

* In ''[[FAKE]]'', Ryo (who is [[But Not Too Foreign|half-Japanese, but was brought up in the USA]]) and Dee, two New York cops, celebrate Christmas the Japanese way, with a romantic date. This ''could'' happen in the USA as well, but it probably isn't popular.

* ''[[Death Note]]'' has some of the most Japanese "Americans" ever seen. At least once, a member of a crime family bows to another member - his subordinate, no less. It should also be noted that most of the Americans' names are completely fake-sounding (though a few do manage to at least be similar to actual American names).

* ''[[Death Note]]'' has some of the most Japanese "Americans" ever seen. At least once, a member of a crime family bows to another member - his subordinate, no less. It should also be noted that most of the Americans' names are completely fake-sounding (though a few do manage to at least be similar to actual American names). This ''might'' be self-censorship to avoid the chance of real people with these names.

** Not to mention that every mafia thug knows exactly what a [[Gratuitous Japanese|Shini]][[Hypocritical Humor|gami]] is. And half the FBI speaks Japanese.

* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'', though it's set in Italy, had many of the adult handlers be quite reserved towards their charges, probably causing [[Values Dissonance]] for any Italian viewers. They even bow sometimes. The girls don't act much like typical Italian girls, either.

Line 93:

** Not to mention her partner, who is allegedly British but seems to think and speak using an awful lot of American terminology. The whole thing is so dastardly pointless, because the characters would have made just as much sense being from CNN instead of the BBC.

* [[Older Than Steam]]: The Chinese Epic ''[[Journey to the West]]'' assumes that all countries have the same kind of governors and imperial courts as China and that all countries in the world recognise a monkey-faced being as looking like a thunder god (among many other We All Live In China examples).

⚫

* [[Left Behind]] has references to "Captains" and "Lieutenants" at [[Scotland Yard]]—in the British police they would be "Chief Inspectors" and "Inspectors".

* Likewise, the original ''Aladdin'' is often said to be set in China, as this was the most distant and magical land that most Arabs had heard of. The character's names, the genies and so forth all seem Arabian, however.

** So much so that every movie adaptation and many fairy tale books change the setting to a real or fictional Arab country.

** Unless you are watching Arabic movie adaptations, which usually set the story in China, or, for the more conservative channels, in an Asian Muslim country. One of the most popular Aladdin adaptations in the Middle East, Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (Malayalam title), was created in Malaysia.

⚫

* [[Left Behind]] has references to "Captains" and "Lieutenants" at [[Scotland Yard]]—in the British police they would be "Chief Inspectors" and "Inspectors".

* The British ''Saffy's Angel'' series has a recurring character who is a visiting American...and who speaks in distinctly British slang.

* It's a minor point, but the American character in Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down refers to his apartment as a "bedsit," a very British term.

Line 146:

* ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games are apparently set in Europe or America but the characters retain certain Japanese mannerisms such as bowing, a lot of the characters love Japanese foods, and some of the plants are native to Japan.

* ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'''s Raccoon City is a supposed to be a modern, Midwestern, American city, but the size of the streets and presence of extensive back-alleys and shopping arcades are clear evidence that Raccoon was based on a contemporary Japanese city. For reference, many of the streets are blocked by a single, longitudinal car across the road. When's the last time you [Americans] saw a road that narrow, especially in a city of over 100,000 residents? Further games in the series that revisit Raccoon, however, seem to retcon them to the proper width.

** Another example from the series. A memo in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' has the police weapons storage being broken up and scattered around the station to prevent terrorists from stealing it. A real US PD would find such an order highly suspicious, as US city police are not all that well armed outside of SWAT units, and firearms are quite easy to obtain (acknowledged by the large gun shop).

** Another example from the series. A memo in ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' has the police weapons storage being broken up and scattered around the station to prevent terrorists from stealing it. A real US PD would find such an order highly suspicious, as US city police are not all that well armed outside of SWAT units (most have only the handgun issued to the officer and a rifle or shotgun in the patrol car), and firearms are quite easy to obtain (acknowledged by the large gun shop).

* Almost all the games developed by DICE take place in America, even though the company is Swedish. Justified in ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]'', as it is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of American action movies. However ''[[Mirror's Edge|Mirrors Edge]]'' takes place in an unnamed city, in an unnamed country, at a nonspecified point in the future.

* Having been made in the UK, all the cars in ''[[Time Splitters]]: Future Perfect'' have their steering wheels on the right side. However, one of the missions takes place in Russia, where cars should have their steering wheels on the left side.